I have got some extra information for you in regards to cultural dimensions. On Youtube I found two short interviews with Hofstede in regards to individualism-collectivism and power distance:
Hofstede on power distance Hofstede on individualism - collectivism I also want you to note that Hofstede, in his original research investigated cultural norms in the workplace. So there is not only a generalisability problem to other countries, there is also a generalisability problem to other institutions than the workplace. However, Hofstede's research may be very useful to understand cultural preferences at the workplace. If you want to try out Hofstede's workplace questionnaire on culture (The CWQ) there are some sample questions on uncertainty avoidance here. The web site also allows you to compare your score with other countries. An explanation of the CWQ can be found here. Mr Pettine also recommended me an RSA animate on a lecture by Dr Phil Zimbardo on time. Dr Zimbardo's talk relates to the short term/long term orientation dimension. It is a type of measure of the extent to which a culture is focused on the future or the present. People from cultures with a short term orientation are more focused on quick results, spend more and save less money, whereas cultures with a long term orientation are more willing to work for a long term goal. Eastern cultures tend to be more long term oriented than Western cultures. Finally, I found a Youtube clip that explains all the cultural dimensions easily. This may be useful in case you want to remember all the cultural dimensions. This is however not necessary, as the IB psych syllabus only requires two of them.
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